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Photos of the Day 08/11

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A farmer in New Delhi takes part in a protest organized by Janata Dal United, a political party invested mainly in Bihar. The protesters said the government had illegally acquired land for cheap sale to private companies. Parivartan Sharma/Reuters

Children have fun in a pool on a summer day in Beijing. Alexander F. Yuan/STF/AP

An Indian police officer stands guard at a protest held by the Bharatiya Janata Party in New Delhi. The protesters were plagued by the rains currently sweeping through India. Kevin Frayer/STF/AP

A displaced Somalian boy lingers near a food distribution center in the Hodan district south of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. Feisal Omar/Reuters

A man carries a child past a bus sunken halfway into the ground and covered in rubble in Jammu, India. Rains in Jammu have caused landslides severe enough to damage the Jammu-Srinagar highway, leaving over 300 vehicles stranded there. Channi Anand/STR/AP

Vincent Clerc, a rugby player for France's national team, lifts a barbell during a training session in Merignac, France. France will play Ireland on Aug. 13 as the Rugby World Cup begins in New Zealand. Jacky Naegelen/Reuters

A blind student runs her hand over the braille version of the Koran in Medan, Indonesia. The Indonesian Association of the Blind says it takes 10 months to read the Koran this way, even when guided. The month of Ramadan ends on Aug. 29 this year. Stringer/Indonesia/Reuters

A southern Somali constructs an impromptu shelter from tree branches in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital. The United Nations estimates that over 11 million people across East Africa need food aid due to the drought. Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP

After storming the Libyan Embassy and tearing down images of Muammar Qaddafi, protesters hang a flag from before his regime out of the window. The police later entered the building and made seven arrests. Maja Suslin/SUB/AP

Armed police atop an elevated platform survey a prisonyard in Thailand. A riot broke out following a search for narcotics in one of the cells and two people were wounded. Stringer/Thailand/Reuters

A man looks through a pair of binoculars from the Demilitarized Zone in South Korea into the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom. On Aug. 11 North Korea denied firing shells near a disputed maritime line, claiming that South Korea mistook construction blasts for the sound of warfare and retaliated without need. Lee Jin-man/STF/AP

Workers fix an electrical power transmission tower in Greater Noida, India. Officials plan to host a Formula 1 race on the Budh International Circuit near New Delhi on Oct. 30. They say the completion of the venue will allow for car racing's popularity to grow tremendously in the area. Gurinder Osan/STF/AP

Children climb on a set of metal rods that commemorate the Berlin Wall in Berlin. The German capital is preparing to mark the 50th anniversary of the wall's erection on Aug. 13. Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters

Mary Hnem Mualhlun, a refugee from Myanmar living in Malaysia, looks on as she plays with her toys in a flat in Kuala Lampur. She and her family are among the 4,000 people who will be relocated to Australia if Australia's High Court approves the refugee-swap deal with Malaysia. Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters

Police officers prepare to carry out a raid in Pimlico, London. Prime Minister David Cameron promised on Aug. 11 that the rioters behind Britain's stunning wave of violence would be hunted and punished. Anthony Devlin/Pool/Reuters

A Somali boy sings an Irish song to his classmates at the Illeys primary school in Dagahaley refugee camp in Eastern Kenya. The camp is about 60 miles from Somalia's border. Around 1,300 new refugees arrive in camps in Kenya each day. Jerome Delay/AP

An ornithologist releases an injured falcon in the Great Hungarian Plain at Hortobagy, about 124 miles from Budapest. The bird was rescued, fitted with an identification ring, and rehabilitated until it could be set free. Lazlo Balogh/Reuters